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Owen And Mzee

Owen and Mzee are a hippopotamus and a tortoise, respectively, that appear to have formed a unique bond of friendship.

A baby hippopotamus, Owen, was orphaned in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya near Malindi during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on December 26, 2004. The baby hippo, weighing 600 pounds (270 kg), was rescued during a day long effort by nearly 1,000 villagers using shark nets. Owen’s namesake is a villager named Owen Saubion, who finally tackled the hippo during the rescue. Read more... (458 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

I Wanted To Hear Positive Stories

When Vishal Joshi was diagnosed with cancer, aged just 14, he wanted to hear positive stories about other young people who had fought the disease.

Teenagers like himself, who could tell him about their experiences of Hodgkin’s disease and prepare him for what lay ahead.

But he found little aimed specifically at his age group.

Read the rest of the story at BBC News